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Humayda bint Nu'man ibn Bashir

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Ḥumayda bint Nuʽmān ibn Bashīr (Arabic: حميدة بنت النعمان بن بشير) was an Arabic-speaking female poet of the seventh century CE. She is noted for her satires on the failings of her various husbands.[1]

References

  1. ^ Marlé Hammond, 'The Foul-Mouthed Faḥla: Obscenity and Amplification in Early Women's Invective', in The Rude, the Bad and the Bawdy: Essays in Honour of Professor Geert Jan van Gelder, ed. by Adam Talib, Marlé Hammond and Arie Schippers ([no place]: E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2014), pp. 254-65 ISBN 978-1-909724-33-4.